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Countries with the most public holidays in 2018

Countries245

Past year: recalculated from the python-holidays rules; one-off holidays declared at the time may be missing.

Most31Nepal

Median13

Fewest4Switzerland

Top 30

Nepal31

Cambodia29

Vatican City29

Iran27

Sri Lanka26

Azerbaijan23

Kazakhstan23

Kyrgyzstan22

Tanzania22

Thailand22

Armenia21

Myanmar (Burma)21

North Korea21

Argentina20

Brunei20

China20

Japan20

Philippines20

Russia20

Uzbekistan20

Bangladesh19

Hungary19

Latvia19

Lebanon19

Northern Mariana Islands19

U.S. Virgin Islands19

Yemen19

Belarus18

Bhutan18

Colombia18

Most holidays falling on the weekend

Nepal8

Vatican City7

Sri Lanka7

Japan7

Georgia7

Cambodia6

Thailand6

Bangladesh6

Latvia6

Maldives6

Åland Islands6

Tanzania5

Brunei5

Lebanon5

Palestinian Territories5

All countries

#	Country	Dates	Weekdays	Weekend	3+ day breaks
1	Nepal	31	23	8	6
2	Cambodia	29	23	6	13
3	Vatican City	29	22	7	9
4	Iran	27	24	3	5
5	Sri Lanka	26	19	7	7
6	Azerbaijan	23	20	3	6
7	Kazakhstan	23	20	3	10
8	Kyrgyzstan	22	19	3	9
9	Tanzania	22	17	5	8
10	Thailand	22	16	6	8
11	Armenia	21	18	3	7
12	Myanmar (Burma)	21	17	4	5
13	North Korea	21	17	4	7
14	Argentina	20	17	3	11
15	Brunei	20	15	5	5
16	China	20	18	2	8
17	Japan	20	13	7	11
18	Philippines	20	17	3	11
19	Russia	20	17	3	6
20	Uzbekistan	20	18	2	7
21	Bangladesh	19	13	6	3
22	Hungary	19	17	2	10
23	Latvia	19	13	6	9
24	Lebanon	19	14	5	6
25	Northern Mariana Islands	19	15	4	11
26	U.S. Virgin Islands	19	16	3	8
27	Yemen	19	15	4	4
28	Belarus	18	15	3	7
29	Bhutan	18	14	4	5
30	Colombia	18	17	1	13
31	India	18	16	2	8
32	Maldives	18	12	6	4
33	Palestinian Territories	18	13	5	4
34	South Korea	18	15	3	4
35	Syria	18	15	3	6
36	Albania	17	14	3	5
37	Bulgaria	17	12	5	6
38	Indonesia	17	14	3	6
39	Iraq	17	12	5	4
40	Liechtenstein	17	12	5	5
41	San Marino	17	12	5	6
42	Timor-Leste	17	14	3	7
43	Tunisia	17	14	3	6
44	Zambia	17	15	2	6
45	Afghanistan	16	11	5	5
46	Botswana	16	13	3	5
47	British Virgin Islands	16	13	3	8
48	Burkina Faso	16	15	1	4
49	Chile	16	14	2	8
50	Egypt	16	12	4	3
51	Georgia	16	9	7	4
52	Haiti	16	13	3	5
53	Kosovo	16	12	4	6
54	Madagascar	16	12	4	3
55	Malaysia	16	12	4	5
56	Puerto Rico	16	14	2	9
57	Rwanda	16	14	2	5
58	Slovakia	16	12	4	3
59	Åland Islands	16	10	6	4
60	Anguilla	15	14	1	0
61	Burundi	15	12	3	6
62	Cyprus	15	10	5	5
63	Eritrea	15	12	3	4
64	Finland	15	10	5	4
65	Gabon	15	13	2	5
66	Gambia	15	13	2	5
67	Guadeloupe	15	11	4	3
68	Guam	15	12	3	9
69	Kiribati	15	12	3	5
70	Lithuania	15	10	5	5
71	Mauritius	15	13	2	5
72	Morocco	15	13	2	4
73	Romania	15	12	3	5
74	Senegal	15	14	1	5
75	Slovenia	15	13	2	4
76	South Sudan	15	13	2	5
77	Suriname	15	12	3	4
78	Taiwan	15	13	2	6
79	Venezuela	15	14	1	3
80	American Samoa	14	12	2	8
81	Andorra	14	11	3	4
82	Angola	14	12	2	7
83	Bahrain	14	12	2	4
84	Central African Republic	14	12	2	5
85	Comoros	14	11	3	5
86	Croatia	14	11	3	4
87	Côte d’Ivoire	14	14	0	5
88	Ecuador	14	13	1	8
89	Equatorial Guinea	14	13	1	6
90	Faroe Islands	14	11	3	6
91	French Polynesia	14	12	2	5
92	Ghana	14	13	1	7
93	Grenada	14	14	0	5
94	Guyana	14	13	1	5
95	Iceland	14	11	3	4
96	Jordan	14	10	4	2
97	Libya	14	10	4	3
98	Malta	14	10	4	5
99	Martinique	14	11	3	3
100	Mongolia	14	9	5	5
101	Montserrat	14	13	1	9
102	Nigeria	14	13	1	4
103	Pakistan	14	12	2	5
104	Papua New Guinea	14	10	4	7
105	Poland	14	10	4	3
106	Sint Maarten	14	11	3	5
107	Trinidad & Tobago	14	14	0	5
108	Türkiye	14	10	4	5
109	Uganda	14	12	2	5
110	United Arab Emirates	14	9	5	4
111	Vanuatu	14	14	0	5
112	Vietnam	14	11	3	5
113	Wallis & Futuna	14	10	4	4
114	Austria	13	11	2	4
115	Barbados	13	11	2	6
116	Belize	13	12	1	8
117	Benin	13	13	0	4
118	Cameroon	13	11	2	5
119	Christmas Island	13	12	1	7
120	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	13	13	0	6
121	Czechia	13	11	2	5
122	Djibouti	13	10	3	2
123	Dominica	13	11	2	7
124	Ethiopia	13	10	3	5
125	Gibraltar	13	12	1	8
126	Guinea	13	13	0	4
127	Hong Kong SAR China	13	12	1	1
128	Italy	13	8	5	2
129	Kuwait	13	10	3	3
130	Moldova	13	11	2	7
131	Namibia	13	12	1	6
132	Nauru	13	12	1	4
133	Niger	13	13	0	0
134	Oman	13	10	3	2
135	Paraguay	13	12	1	1
136	Peru	13	9	4	4
137	Portugal	13	9	4	3
138	Serbia	13	9	4	4
139	Seychelles	13	11	2	4
140	Sierra Leone	13	12	1	5
141	South Africa	13	11	2	5
142	South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	13	11	2	4
143	St. Kitts & Nevis	13	12	1	2
144	St. Lucia	13	13	0	4
145	St. Martin	13	10	3	4
146	Sweden	13	8	5	2
147	Togo	13	13	0	5
148	Zimbabwe	13	11	2	4
149	Algeria	12	9	3	3
150	Antigua & Barbuda	12	11	1	5
151	Belgium	12	8	4	3
152	Cape Verde	12	9	3	3
153	Chad	12	10	2	3
154	Cook Islands	12	11	1	6
155	Curaçao	12	11	1	5
156	Dominican Republic	12	10	2	7
157	Estonia	12	7	5	4
158	French Guiana	12	9	3	3
159	Greece	12	9	3	4
160	Malawi	12	11	1	7
161	Mali	12	10	2	5
162	Mayotte	12	10	2	4
163	Monaco	12	10	2	4
164	New Caledonia	12	10	2	4
165	Norfolk Island	12	12	0	5
166	North Macedonia	12	9	3	4
167	Norway	12	10	2	3
168	Palau	12	11	1	7
169	Réunion	12	10	2	3
170	St. Barthélemy	12	10	2	3
171	St. Vincent & Grenadines	12	11	1	4
172	Svalbard & Jan Mayen	12	10	2	3
173	Tajikistan	12	10	2	3
174	Turks & Caicos Islands	12	12	0	8
175	Tuvalu	12	11	1	7
176	Aruba	11	10	1	4
177	Bahamas	11	11	0	6
178	Bermuda	11	10	1	7
179	Bolivia	11	11	0	6
180	Cayman Islands	11	11	0	7
181	Denmark	11	9	2	4
182	El Salvador	11	8	3	4
183	Eswatini	11	10	1	2
184	Fiji	11	10	1	5
185	France	11	9	2	3
186	French Southern Territories	11	9	2	3
187	Greenland	11	9	2	4
188	Guatemala	11	8	3	3
189	Honduras	11	8	3	3
190	Kenya	11	10	1	4
191	Lesotho	11	10	1	3
192	Liberia	11	10	1	4
193	Marshall Islands	11	10	1	7
194	Niue	11	10	1	4
195	Panama	11	8	3	3
196	Samoa	11	10	1	6
197	Saudi Arabia	11	9	2	3
198	Singapore	11	10	1	4
199	Solomon Islands	11	8	3	5
200	St. Pierre & Miquelon	11	9	2	3
201	Sudan	11	8	3	2
202	Tonga	11	11	0	6
203	United States	11	10	1	7
204	Western Sahara	11	8	3	2
205	Bosnia & Herzegovina	10	9	1	4
206	Caribbean Netherlands	10	8	2	3
207	Congo - Brazzaville	10	9	1	3
208	Costa Rica	10	9	1	3
209	Cuba	10	10	0	4
210	Isle of Man	10	10	0	6
211	Jamaica	10	10	0	4
212	Laos	10	7	3	3
213	Luxembourg	10	9	1	3
214	Macao SAR China	10	8	2	3
215	Mauritania	10	7	3	0
216	Micronesia	10	7	3	4
217	Netherlands	10	8	2	4
218	New Zealand	10	10	0	4
219	Somalia	10	9	1	3
220	Spain	10	8	2	3
221	Turkmenistan	10	9	1	3
222	U.S. Outlying Islands	10	9	1	6
223	Brazil	9	8	1	5
224	Congo - Kinshasa	9	9	0	0
225	Falkland Islands	9	8	1	5
226	Germany	9	9	0	3
227	Guernsey	9	9	0	5
228	Ireland	9	8	1	6
229	Israel	9	7	2	2
230	Jersey	9	9	0	5
231	Mozambique	9	7	2	3
232	Nicaragua	9	7	2	3
233	Mexico	8	6	2	4
234	Montenegro	8	7	1	3
235	Pitcairn Islands	8	7	1	3
236	Qatar	8	5	3	2
237	São Tomé & Príncipe	8	6	2	1
238	Australia	7	7	0	3
239	St. Helena	6	6	0	3
240	Tokelau	6	6	0	0
241	United Kingdom	6	6	0	4
242	Canada	5	4	1	3
243	Uruguay	5	4	1	1
244	Antarctica	4	3	1	1
245	Switzerland	4	4	0	1

Counts are distinct national holiday dates; regional holidays are not included.